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Seems like I moved at just the right time: Forbes puts Virginia at the top of its list of “best states for business.“
MIT students find a way to create an electronic “gaydar.” Now you don’t need to only INTUITIVELY rainbow-flag men wearing skinny jeans and frequenting IKEA while drinking a soy latte on wrists encased in leather wraps. And Asian hair. Always Asian hair!
FANTASTIC WaPo in-depth article on the wise model of Mayo Clinic for healthcare.
Sarah Palin back on her feet…in China? Wonder if there’s a connection between that and the weird names of her children. (Trig? A female Bristol? Seriously?) Glad she’s finally getting some tame press.
The world recession is creating a “lost generation” of British youth. One in SIX kids there have nothing going–no job, no school, nothing.
Okay, and I know these women can’t help it, but do they have to PLAY UP the trophy wife-ness? Shopping, po-mo art, smiling groups of schoolchildren, breathless fashion magazines…So maybe I’m starting to miss Laura Bush’s emphasis on reading. At least she was useful and intelligent-looking. Gotta give her something for avoiding the world Barbie stage.
Yeah. We already knew chemical contraceptives were not such a great idea. But we could hear it again. Too bad women had to get hurt embodying an obvious idea (What, you mean completely deleting or jerking around my natural biological cycle will cause other problems in my body? How is that possible?).
In random news: Do men NEED left-handed underpants? Yes. You read that right. Left-handed underpants. Don’t ask me how that works.
Just to complete today’s commentary on women, check out the idea behind this forthcoming book from Jenny Sanford, the graceful wife of cheat and liar, Governor Mark Sanford.
And may I just say: How inflatingly adorable is it to work in a place where you get e-mails from the receptionist that read, “Who has a 3:30 meeting with former president Jose Maria Aznar? Let me know ASAP Security is here.”
I want your JOB!
also, the e-gaydar is hilarious, and I'm printing the article and bringing it to Psychology of Gender.
I love reading your blog, but it always gives me a reading list a mile long…
PS
those types of birth control are causing women problems, but… women have been using the pill for almost forty years. If there were a serious problem with it for a majority of women, the Catholics would have succeeded in making it illegal anyway.
The pill does more than just provide birth control. It can prevent acne, and has been prescribed as such. Also for women with awful menstrual symptoms, or irregular periods, or just screwy uterus/ovaries, it can provide regularity and relief. Joleigh takes it because if she didn't, she'd have a two week period with only a week in between, and anytime she was on her period, she'd be in intense pain all the time. My old roommate takes it because she only has one ovary left, and because it suppresses ovulation, she can save her eggs and have kids one day.